How can I easily construct the command-line syntax for a backup job in Windows XP and later?

Start Windows Backup.

Select the Schedule Jobs tab.

Select a day, then click Add Job, as this figure shows.

Click Next on the first screen of the Backup Wizard page that appears.

Select the files, folders, or drives that you want to back up, then click Next. (Depending on which options you select, you might have to navigate through additional screens to manually select the items you want to back up.)

Select the destination for the backup, then click Next.

Select the type of backup that you want to perform, then click Next.

Select any options you want performed during the backup (e.g., "Verify data after backup"), then click Next.

Select the backup overwrite options, then click Next.

Select when to run the backup, as this figure shows, give it a job name, then click Next.

Enter the user account information necessary to perform the backup, then click OK.

Click Finish.

Windows Backup will create a new backup job. Right-click the new job to display the Properties dialog box, then click the Properties button. Select the Task tab to view the Ntbackup command that will be used to run the backup job. For example, the Backup Wizard constructed the following Ntbackup command for my job:

G:WINDOWSsystem32tbackup.exe backup "@G:Documents andSettingssavijoLocal SettingsApplication DataMicrosoftWindowsNTNTBackupdataFull system normal backup.bks" /n "backup.bkf created13/11/2003 at 13:50" /d "Set created 13/11/2003 at13:50" /v:no /r:no /rs:no /hc:off /m normal /j "Full system normalbackup" /l:s /f "E:backup.bkf" 

Click Delete to remove the backup job. Easy! :-)